Michigan Wolverines women's soccer

The Michigan Wolverines women's soccer team is the women's intercollegiate soccer program representing the University of Michigan. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Michigan Wolverines women's soccer
Founded	1994; 31 years ago (1994)[1]
University	University of Michigan
Head coach	Jennifer Klein (6th season)
Conference	Big Ten
Location	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Stadium	U-M Soccer Stadium[2] (Capacity: 2,200)
Nickname	Wolverines
Colors	Maize and blue[3]
Home Away
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
2002, 2013, 2021
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2021
NCAA Tournament appearances
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023
Conference Tournament championships
1997, 1999, 2021

Michigan has won three Big Ten tournaments and has advanced as far as the quarterfinals in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship since the creation of the program in 1994. The Michigan women's soccer team plays its home games at the U-M Soccer Stadium on the university campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

History

Women's soccer has been a varsity sport at the University of Michigan since 1994, and the team has played in the Big Ten Conference since its formation.^[1] The team has won the Big Ten conference tournament twice, in 1997 and 1999, although it has never won a regular season conference title: the best it has finished is second place, which it has done on four separate occasions.^[1] Michigan's best result in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship was a quarterfinal appearance in 2002.^[1] All of these achievements came during the tenure of Debbie Rademacher (née Belkin), who coached the team from its inception in 1994 until 2007.^[1][4]

Since the 2008 season, the team has been coached by Greg Ryan, who was previously the head coach of the United States women's national soccer team.^[4][5] Under Ryan, the team has qualified for three berths in the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship, although it has not won any Big Ten titles.^[4] On January 25, 2018, it was announced that the University of Michigan and coach Greg Ryan decided to part ways after a 6–6–6 last season, 3–5–3 in Big Ten Play. Ryan was 103–64–36 in his time at Michigan.^[6]

On February 28, 2018, Michigan hired Jennifer Klein as head coach.^[7] On September 21, 2021, Michigan announced they extended Klein's contract through the 2025 season.^[8]

In 2021, Michigan won its 300th match as a varsity program and their third Big Ten Tournament in program history.^[9][10]

Roster

As of 11 Sep 2024^[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 00 GK  USA Stephanie Sparkowski 1 GK  USA Sophie Homan 2 MF  USA Abby Zugay 3 MF  USA Beanie Harshe 4 MF  USA Lilley Bosley 5 FW  USA Kali Burrell 6 MF  USA Adi Walick 7 FW  USA Jasmine Raines 8 DF  USA Taylor Brennan 9 FW  USA Zoey Milton 10 DF  USA Campbell Jewell 11 DF  USA Christa Hayden 12 DF  USA Tamia Tolbert 13 FW  CAN Syah Mangat

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  USA Ella Jablinskey 15 DF  USA Josie Owen-Kren 16 FW  USA Gabrielle Prych 17 DF  USA Ella Sims 18 FW  USA Elle Ervin 19 MF  USA Avery Kalitta 20 FW  USA Sam Suplee 21 MF  USA Vickie Jones 22 MF  USA Katie Mallory 23 MF  USA Sierra Sargent 25 MF  USA Avery Peters 26 MF  USA Jenna Lang 27 DF  DOM Stella Tapia 33 DF  USA Aniyah League

Coaching Staff

As of March 31, 2024

Position	Name
Head coach	Jennifer Klein
Assistant coach	Tori Christ
Assistant coach	Brian Dunleavy
Director of Operations	Elizabeth Linkous
Reference:[12]

Stadium

U-M Soccer Stadium as it appeared during the 2013 season

Michigan has played at the U-M Soccer Complex since 2008, and at the U-M Soccer Stadium (built on the site of the Soccer Complex) since 2010.^[2]

The entire complex cost $6 million to build and includes three fields, including separate practice fields for both the women's and men's teams.^[2] The 2,200-seat stadium is built around the central field, and it includes stands on both sides of the field that are both covered by a roof.^[2]

The stadium features a press box, separate home locker rooms for both the women's and men's teams, an athletic medicine training room, and handicap seating, as well as restrooms and concessions for spectators.^[2]

Seasons

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason	Coaches' poll	AP poll
1994	Debbie Rademacher	10–7–2	1–6	7th
1995	Debbie Rademacher	7–11–2	1–5–1	8th
1996	Debbie Rademacher	10–7–3	3–3–1	4th
1997	Debbie Rademacher	18–4–1	7–1–1	2nd	NCAA First Round
1998	Debbie Rademacher	14–7–1	5–3–1	5th	NCAA Second Round
1999	Debbie Rademacher	17–6–1	8–1–1	2nd	NCAA Second Round
2000	Debbie Rademacher	13–9–1	6–3–1	3rd	NCAA Second Round
2001	Debbie Rademacher	13–8–1	8–2	2nd	NCAA Second Round
2002	Debbie Rademacher	16–7–1	7–2–1	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
2003	Debbie Rademacher	11–8–6	4–2–4	4th	NCAA Third Round
2004	Debbie Rademacher	11–9–2	6–3–1	3rd	NCAA First Round
2005	Debbie Rademacher	8–9–4	3–6–1	T6th
2006	Debbie Rademacher	9–7–6	4–3–3	5th	NCAA First Round
2007	Debbie Rademacher	3–9–6	1–5–4	9th
Debbie Rademacher:		160–108–37	65–45–20
Greg Ryan (Big Ten) (2008–2017)
2008	Greg Ryan	4–10–5	1–6–3	11th
2009	Greg Ryan	6–9–5	1–4–5	T8th
2010	Greg Ryan	10–5–4	5–3–2	5th	NCAA First Round
2011	Greg Ryan	9–8–2	4–6–1	T8th
2012	Greg Ryan	16–5–3	7–2–2	3rd	NCAA Third Round
2013	Greg Ryan	18–4–1	9–1–1	2nd	NCAA Quarterfinals
2014	Greg Ryan	12–5–3	8–2–3	3rd
2015	Greg Ryan	12–7–2	6–3–2	5th
2016	Greg Ryan	10–5–5	6–3–2	4th	NCAA First Round
2017	Greg Ryan	6–6–6	3–5–3	10th
Greg Ryan:		103–64–36	50–35–24
Jennifer Klein (Big Ten) (2018–present)
2018	Jennifer Klein	9–9–1	5–5–1	T-6th
2019	Jennifer Klein	17–6–1	8–2–1	T-2nd	NCAA Round of 16
2020	Jennifer Klein	5–3–3	5–3–3	T-7th
2021	Jennifer Klein	18–4–3	6–2–2	3rd	NCAA Quarterfinals
2022	Jennifer Klein	7–8–3	2–6–2	12th
2023	Jennifer Klein	7–7–4	3–5–2	T-7th	NCAA First Round
Jennifer Klein:		63–37–15	29–23–11
Total:		326–209–86	131-96-53
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Awards and honors

Big Ten Midfielder of the Year

• Sarah Stratigakis (2019)

Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year

• Haley Kopmeyer (2012)

First Team All-Big Ten

• Shelina Zadorsky (2012, 2013)
• Nkem Ezurike (2012, 2013)
• Holly Hein (2012, 2013)
• Meghan Toohey (2013)
• Nicky Waldeck (2014)
• Ani Sarkisian (2015)
• Alia Martin (2019, 2020, 2021)
• Sarah Stratigakis (2019)
• Nicki Hernandez (2020)
• Raleigh Loughman (2021)

Second Team All-Big Ten

• Ani Sarkisian (2016)
• Reilly Martin (2016, 2018)
• Nicky Waldeck (2016)
• Sarah Stratigakis (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021)
• Taylor Timko (2017)
• Meredith Haakenson (2019)
• Raleigh Loughman (2019, 2020)

Big Ten All-Freshman Team

• Ani Sarkisian (2014)
• Reilly Martin (2015)
• Sarah Stratigakis (2017)
• Janiece Joyner (2018)
• Jayde Riviere (2019)
• Danielle Wolfe (2019)
• Sammi Woods (2020)
• Avery Kalitta (2021)

All-Americans

First Team All-American

• Nkem Ezurike (2013)
• Alia Martin (2021)

Second Team All-American

• Amber Berendowsky (1997)
• Erin Gilhart (1997)
• Abby Crumpton (2002)
• Amy Sullivant (2002)
• Haley Kopmeyer (2012)
• Meghan Toohey (2013)
• Sarah Stratigakis (2019)

Notable alumnae

This is a list of former players who have received international caps and/or have played professional soccer.

Updated April 30, 2023

• Hannah Blake
• Abby Crumpton
• Nkem Ezurike
• Holly Hein
• Haley Kopmeyer
• Jayde Riviere
• Sarah Stratigakis
• Meghan Toohey
• Shelina Zadorsky

References

1. "Women's Soccer Year-By-Year Results". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
2. "U-M Soccer Stadium". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
3. "University of Michigan Style Guide: Colors". July 7, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
4. "Women's Soccer Coaching History". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
5. "Greg Ryan". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
6. "Michigan women's soccer coach Greg Ryan won't return". UsaToday.com. Usa Today. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
7. "Klein Selected to Lead Michigan Women's Soccer Program". MGoBlue.com. February 28, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
8. Kemps, Scott (September 21, 2021). "Klein Inks Contract Extension Through 2025 Season". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
9. Kemps, Scott (September 12, 2021). "Loughman's Second-Half Brace Leads Women's Soccer to 300th Program Victory". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
10. Kemps, Scott (November 7, 2021). "Wolverines Capture First B1G Tournament Title Since 1999 With Win Over Rutgers". MGoBlue.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
11. "2023 Women's Soccer Roster". Retrieved July 14, 2023.
12. "Michigan Women's Soccer Coaches". MGoBlue.com. University of Michigan. Retrieved 14 July 2023.

External links

• Official website